Name: Walnut Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold .75 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.75 to 6.50 lower. Light test to last week for slaughter bulls. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bullocks	—	Average	1,505	77.50	1,166	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,530	74.97	1,147	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,610	51.78	834	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,385	51.69	716	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	960	29.79	286	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,511	98.70	1,491	12
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,341	107.44	1,441	28
Steers	Choice	Low	1,470	111.48	1,639	105
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,217	101.99	1,241	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,095	68.53	750	4thin

Every lot, as filed

16 lots · USDA AMS · Walnut Auction Sales Slaughter Cattle - Walnut, IL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,217	101.99/cwt	92.00–105.00	1,241	8
Bulls	—	—	1,530	74.97/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,147	4
Bullocks	—	—	1,505	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	1,166	1
Steers	Select	—	1,160	71.37/cwt	61.00–92.00	828	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	900	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	540	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,511	98.70/cwt	96.50–100.00	1,491	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,633	45.46/cwt	42.00–48.00	742	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,135	101.53/cwt	100.00–103.00	1,152	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,470	104.62/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,538	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	555	12.50/cwt	12.50–12.50	69	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	54.65/cwt	50.00–60.00	874	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	38.43/cwt	35.00–41.00	447	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,357	107.89/cwt	105.50–110.75	1,464	26
Steers	Choice	—	1,470	111.68/cwt	106.50–113.00	1,642	102
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,435	50.03/cwt	45.00–53.50	718	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,135	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	681	1

How this sale compares

Illinois weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Illinois auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Walnut Auction Sales Slaughter Cattle - Walnut, IL

Thu Mar 4, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

Receipts 195Last week 260Year ago 138

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,217	92.00–105.00	101.99
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,160	61.00–92.00	71.37
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	60.00	60.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,470	103.00–106.00	104.62
102	—	1,470	106.50–113.00	111.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,530	70.00–80.00	74.97
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	77.50	77.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,511	96.50–100.00	98.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,633	42.00–48.00	45.46
11	—	1,600	50.00–60.00	54.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	12.50	12.50
2	—	1,163	35.00–41.00	38.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,435	45.00–53.50	50.03
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,135	100.00–103.00	101.53
26	—	1,357	105.50–110.75	107.89

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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